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Published 2:20 pm, Monday, January 14, 2013

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Jan. 15, 1943: A grade of excellent was given to the Plainview High School Defense Unit by Lt. Harry McCain of the local company of the Texas Defense Guard. The 74-member unit is under the direction of Jim Foust. Wooden guns are expected to be allotted to the unit next week so it can begin training in the manual of arms.

•More than 10 tons of scrap metal was collected from the Fred Braymer farm in the past two weeks. Ray Deibert of Sac City, Iowa, has been preparing the property for a farm sale, which was held Jan. 13.

•Members of First Presbyterian Church will observe the retirement of debt against their building at the regular service Sunday. The congregation has contributed $4,300 during the past eight months to clear debt and pay for repairs. The church was built in 1916 and has not been free of debt until recently.

Jan. 15, 1953: Prices of the redesigned 1953 Cadillac will remain the same as those for 1952, B.O. Cooper said Wednesday in announcing the showing of the new models today. They are on display at Cooper Pontiac-Cadillac Inc., 220 W. Sixth. A Coupe deVille is priced at $3,994.57.

•Winners of the Plainview Junior High Tennis Tournament, who will compete against Clyde in a tournament at Abilene on Saturday, are Bobby Jack Frye, singles champ, and David Barton and Johnny Skaggs, doubles champs. The boys won in a field of approximately 170 players.

Jan. 15, 1963: Taxpayers in Dimmitt voted Saturday to create a hospital district to finance construction of $500,000 new hospital facilities. A separate taxing agency was created by voting the hospital district which will obtain the necessary $32,000 needed annually for bond retirement and operating expenses. The issued carried by a margin of some 40 to 1.

•Don and Shorty’s Garage at 418 Austin provides fast and friendly auto service. Operated by Don and Shorty Vinson, the firm is local dealer for Cushman motor scooters, West Bend air-cooled engines, Frostemp auto air conditioners and Monroe and Columbus shock absorbers.

•Stockholders of Hale County State Bank last night elected two new directors, L.H. Maggard and Ralph Wheeler, to take the places of Wendell Green, who has disposed of his stock, and L.R. Bain, who asked to be relieved of director’s duties.

Jan. 15, 1973: Lloyd Larkin has assumed duties as manager of Piggly Wiggly Food. He moves here from Amarillo, where he managed a Piggly Wiggley for five months.

•Plainview High graduate Lawrence McCutcheon had a disappointing rookie year with the Los Angeles Rams. A recurring knee injury and a taxi squad assignment kept the third-round draft choice sidelined most of the year.

•Bob Kropp, son of Mrs. Beth Kropp of Lockney, has been added to the faculty at Oklahoma State University in the Department of Animal Sciences and Industries as a three-quarters time professor. He will be teaching livestock judging and evaluation.

•Albert “Cotton” Collins has been named general manager of Ramsower’s, Inc., 725 Broadway. His appointment came during an organizational board meeting at which directors voted to incorporate the furniture firm. Rex Ramsower was elected president and Reagan Ramsower is vice president.